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Website. www .ncsu .edu. North Carolina State University ( NC State, North Carolina State, NC State University, or NCSU) [7] is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. [8] Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. [9]
Small portions of the city limits extend into Orange County and Wake County. With a population of 283,506 in the 2020 census, Durham is the 4th-most populous city in North Carolina, and the 71st-most populous city in the United States. The city is located in the east-central part of the Piedmont region along the Eno River.
The tallest building in Raleigh is the 32-story PNC Plaza, which rises 538 feet (164 m) tall and was completed in 2008. [2] It also stands as the tallest building in the state of North Carolina outside Charlotte. The second-tallest skyscraper in the city is Two Hannover Square, which rises 531 feet (162 m) and was completed in 1991. [3]
The Mayor is the head of a council-manager system of government for Raleigh, North Carolina. The office was created in 1857 when a new charter was established for the city to replace the original 1795 charter. Mayor William H. Harrison was mayor during the Confederate States of America and eventually surrendered the city back to the United ...
Soul City is a community in Warren County, North Carolina, United States. It was a planned community first proposed in 1969 by Floyd McKissick, [1] a civil rights leader and director of the Congress of Racial Equality. Funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Soul City was one of thirteen model city projects ...
As of the 2010 census, Raleigh Township had a population of 117,838, [1] a 6.5% increase over 2000. Raleigh Township, occupying 37.5 square miles (97.2 km 2) [2] in central Wake County, is almost completely occupied by portions of the city of Raleigh, including the city's downtown area. The township is, for the most part, bounded by the I-440 ...
Website. www .ci .fayetteville .nc .us. Fayetteville ( / ˈfeɪətvɪl, ˈfɛdvɪl / FAY-ət-vil, FED-vil) [8] is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. [9] It is best known as the home of Fort Liberty, a major U.S. Army installation northwest of the city.
The Piedmont (also known as the Piedmont Service) is a regional passenger train operated by Amtrak and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), running four round trips daily between Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina. It is a sister train to the Carolinian, which runs from Charlotte to New York City.